Southbound Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Train  Contributor's Pick!       
My grandpa signed out of school at 10:05 A.M. from Malden High School. The train was symboled SSLME 21, it went through Dupo, IL at 5:25, it passed Gorham at 8:11, Simbco at 9:02, Delta, MO at 11:38, arrived at North Dexter at 13:02, left at 13:38, got to Bernie at 13:52, arrived into Malden at 14:04, departed at 14:48, arrived into Memphis, TN at 20:42, was interchanged with the NS and arrived into Jacksonville, FL on November 23 on the CSX, and got to its Tampa, FL Winter Home Base on the 24th. The train was 5,623 tons, 5,301 feet, and had 58 loads and 0 empties. They rocketed south here at about 65 mph and blew the horn 4 times at me. The entire train is in view. The train was the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey 134th Edition Blue Unit Circus Train. See all the cars in order at: http://www.trainweb.org/semorails/circus.html .
Date: 11/21/2005 Location: Dexter, MO Views: 1875 Collection Of:   Zach Pumphery
Locomotives: CSX 8357(SD40-2) UP 4425(SD70M)    Author:  Zach Pumphery
Southbound Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Train
Picture Categories: This picture is part of album:  November 2005 in SEMO
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Christopher Bodkin General This same train came up north on the Chester Sub and got on the Mt. Vernon sub at Gorham. I believe it was the Blue train. 8/28/2009 5:27:17 PM
Christopher Bodkin General I should add this was a few days ago it came thru. 8/28/2009 5:28:03 PM

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